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We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock. It landed on us.
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Birth: | 19th May, 1925 |
Death: | 21st February, 1965 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Politician |
Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
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